What's the total cost of the game and marketing?
And that is even more complex to find out than you might think. Because with the delay, whatever the listed budget is is not what it is actually going to cost. It is the same problem they will run into with Hollywood movies in recent times. Like how they tried to claim the new Captain America was "only" $150M because that was the listed budget, but pretty much everyone who actually is in the know on the movie has said they spent closer to $300M, which would take it from "minor" to "major" loss for Disney.
First time where I saw EVERYONE got it wrong, both from the left and right.
I'll fess up that I was one of them who thought it was bad until I saw people I actually trust to keep it straight because of past performance on the subject (namely, Rev Says Desu and Legal Mindset) managed to clear things up. The "obscenity's" part did get my back up based on past experience, but seeing that it is an expansion of a law that actually outlines what obscenity means in clear language instead of the vague ones that are usually done was reassuring.
But I also agree with the sentiment that some expressed in their respective livestreams that it is better to fault on the side of fighting censorship than not fighting it enough. Just be big enough to admit when you got it wrong.
No, it was after both Napoleons had lost power. It was a gift from the French in honor of the Centennial of the United States founding.
And attacking video games and anime, thereby ruining any momentum the Right has with young men.
It's interesting. The various EU nations and Canada are experiencing extreme difficulties in actually being able to get enough soldiers and are having cratering recruitment, while still pushing all of the Leftist ideals. Meanwhile, the US is experiencing recording-breaking recruitment numbers under a more nationalist minded leadership.
I am sure there is no connection here.
What victim is there in the First Commandment? Where is the victim involved in praying to a golden calf?
Are you implying God doesnt exist? It is also not exactly a law that can be enforced by mortal man, so it is not comparable.
And as for the last half of your comment, if that's what you think it means you are very wrong.
"Render unto Caesar that which is Caesars, and render unto God that which is God's."
Until we are called home, we live in the world of Caesar, and therefore must abide by Caesar's laws, just like Jesus had to. It is up to you as an individual to obey God, as Caesar is just as flawed as you are but hold the authority over you. At least, as much as we let him, now that we have devised new governments that limit his power.
while Kissin has Russia Derangement Syndrome
I dont know if I would go that far. While he considers Russia to be an enemy of the West and Putin to be evil, he is also sane and rational enough to admit that it is time for peace and that Ukraine cant just keep throwing bodies away for the political goals of Western elites.
You can disagree with his assessment of Russia, but someone who was actually deranged (like many of said elites) would never admit that Ukraine should find a way to peace even if it means the loss of the Donbas.
Which ones? Even the Commandments have a victim to their crimes.
And furthermore, while we live in the world of Caesar we are beholden to Caesar's laws rather than the laws of God. It is entirely up to you to follow the laws of God.
Jokes on you. As a Novelite, I can just grow wings with my ink and fly that way.
Well of course. Because it was never actually about preventing that kind of behavior, it was about finding a way to attack a medium that is popular, pushes messages they dont like, and/or is outside of their control. They just know that there are some people who would normally oppose them that are going to lose all sense and go along with it if they say the right trigger words to make it happen.
Then I dont foresee us agreeing here. There can only be a crime if there is someone who has been victimized by that crime, and to believe anything else is the first step down the road to tyranny. While victimless crimes can indeed exist, they must be treated with great care, lest you give the devil the power over all in the name of "doing good."
Again, the difference between gun control and law is one is an individual right with individuals who can defend themselves from other individuals using their right, and the other is a collective weapon aimed by all at one person because they demanded it. Which is why you must be very careful about what weapon you forge for that purpose.
Just because a law banning pedophilia might be misused does not mean pedophilia should be legal.
And the difference is, one involves an actual physical child that has been wrong, and the other involves ink and paper and therefore no victim. And for the edge cases where that sometimes crosses over, it is already illegal (Shadman for example was arrested because he was using pictures of actual children as a base for his drawings).
That doesnt even logically follow. People can own weapons because they are under individual control, and one individual can protect themselves from someone misusing theirs. The law is and always will be the domain of the state, and therefore should be blunted as much as possible to protect the individual.
Which is why you dont make it easy by giving laws that can be used in such a way. Again, this isnt even a hypothetical, they have already weaponized the laws you are proposing to go after more mundane aims because it offends their delicate sensibilities. Which is why the line must be drawn and resisted against, lest it go further.
And when that weapon of law is inevitably turned against you, you will have no defense against it because you signed it yourself.
I thought it had all become one entity now, but if that is true I will take your word for it. I did see they still have offices in San Fran at least, just not the fancy custom one they liked to brag about that was costing them a fortune.
And the goal is to maximize liberty without allowing anarchy, but not allow so much law it can be used as a cudgel against you.
the actual Crunchyroll is headquartered in San Fran.
Not anymore it aint. That office was costing them an arm and a leg and they sold it a few years ago. I just looked it up, and the listed headquarters for Crunchyroll, LLC is Coppell, TX (part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro).
And a lot of people dont really seem to grasp the lengths they would go to to do it. My biggest example being that the Soviet Union decided that it was "mental illness" to be against "the Revolution" and would use that to arrest everyone they desired. If you get laws passed to ban "degenerate" behavior, it is only a matter of time before they declare being an enemy of the Globalist order is degeneracy. Hell, I have already seem them starting to try and pull that with Christianity, citing all of the weird shit that happens in the early parts of the Old Testament as proof it is just as "degenerate" as any pornography.
And with the amount of parental controls available, there's LESS of an excuse if you try the popular censor angle of 'think of the children'
But then I might actually have to do my duties as a parent and not make the government do it all! That's not fair!
My favorite one is always when they say I should have my hard drives checked, and instead of giving them the answer they want I tell them "Go ahead. You aint gonna find what you are looking for, because it doesnt exist." Because I am sure it will come as a shock to them (since they are usually the types to project), I actually dont have a thing for loli. Hell, if you searched my hard drives, you would be hard pressed to find anything more risque than women in lingerie. Because the only thing I am weird on is that I dont necessarily find skimpy looks to be all that sexy, and in fact find looks like this or this or this to be the infinitely sexier option than just some too small bikini.
My bigger problem is that it is always used as the foot in the door for more censorship and banning of things because the government said so. Australia banned loli, then they went and said that any porn actress with smaller than a B-cup is a child and also banned (as well as banning many a Japanese video game or anime).
I defend the loli shit for the same reason I defend hate speech and people saying nigger: The government always targets scoundrels to justify targeting everyone else.
Now, why his wingman decided to also deliver payload on the wrong area
I am going to do something I wouldnt otherwise and invoke engrained culture. Korea, from everything I have ever seen, places a ton of emphasis in authority and says you are never allowed to question it no matter how much it makes sense to do otherwise. It is extreme even compared to a lot of other Asian nations.
It is something I have thought a lot about due to comparing two disasters:
When the Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Italy, the crew decided to lie while they fled the sinking ship and left passengers behind. But the mostly Western Passengers said "I dont believe a word you are saying, I can literally feel the boat sinking under me." and started organizing their own evacuation until the crew was forced to actually step in and do a real one themselves. In the end, loss of life was still around 30, but out of the thousands on board that is a pretty small lose of life in the grand scheme of things. This was also helped by a captain in the Italian Coast Guard not believing the captain as he reported the ship was fine, so he overruled the captain and launched his own rescue operation.
When the MV Sewol sank off the coast of South Korea, the crew decided to lie while they fled the sinking ship and left the passengers behind. The mostly Korean Passengers listened to the captain and crew, not leaving their cabins even as the ship started rolling over and capsizing. As a result, over 350 of the 450 on board drowned, and the majority of those rescued were done so by private and non-Korean sources (including an American Marine Assault Ship that happened to be in the area and scrambled SAR helicopters when it picked up the distress traffic from other boats) because the Korean Coast Guard saw no urgency in the situation as the crew had not declared one (the Coast Guard then covered this up after the fact).
So I would imagine there is some of that "Good soldiers follow orders" attitude at play for why he would not question where they were dropping bombs.
You want to know what is the fun part? Denmark has given initial reads that they are planning on voting down the "Rearm Europe" bill in the EU, along with several other nations.
These people really are the most arrogant hypocrites to ever exist.
Well of course. You will not mandate anything to them, but they will mandate everything to you.
Or so they say. They dont seem to realize that the forces currently arrayed against them are out of patience and out of mercy for such huffing and puffing (especially when they usually fold anyway).
Meanwhile, on the other end of the scale, there is a Canadian Vtuber I was watching, where despite having no strong political opinions she was saying "Look, if becoming American is what it takes to get rid of Trudeau, it is what it is."
Then again, maybe she can say what some of them would actually believe because as a Vtuber she can get away with no one knowing who she is and they cant attack her for it.